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Schools in Sun City

Sun City’s public schools

Barber County North Unified School District 254 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sun City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
30%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.1K
▲ 15% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
477 students on the public path
In brief

Sun City’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Sun City’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Medicine Lodge Grade School places highest (better than 58%); Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sun City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Medicine Lodge Grade Schoolin Medicine LodgeB
7–12Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High Schoolin Medicine LodgeC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Barber County North Unified School District 254.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Barber County North Unified School District 254Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 477 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 10.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,142KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 32.5% · 237 students tested
Math30%
State average 29.4% · 237 students tested

Sun City vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Sun City’s borders.

Schools next door
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Sun City—Barber County North Unified School District 254

Every school in Sun City

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Sun Cityin other towns
Medicine Lodge Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Medicine Lodge
B
253 students12:1Rate it →
Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Medicine Lodge
C
224 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Sun City’s schools

Are Sun City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sun City. Barber County North Unified School District 254 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sun City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Sun City in?

Barber County North Unified School District 254.

Where do Sun City kids go to high school?

Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School.

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What Sun City families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.